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Dr. Kildare - Single Episodes

by: Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Publication date: 2006-11-30

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

Item Size: 401.5M

DR. KILDARE
Dr. Kildare was produced for syndication in 1949 at WMGM, New York. It was based on the popular Dr. Kildare movies of the late 1930's and early 1940's, and brought to the microphone the stars of that series, Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore. Ayres played the young, idealistic Dr. James Kildare; Barrymore, ever in character, was the crusty, loveable diagnostician, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. The men worked at Blair General Hospital, "one of the great citadels of American medicine -- a clump of gray-white buildings planted deep in the heart of New York -- where life begins, where life ends, where life goes on."

Kildare really believed that oath, and that's what this series was all about. His battle with hospital administration, stupid patients, and stupid parents made this the Marcus Welby of the 1940's. The chief problem, both for Kildare and the listener, was that Blair Hospital was peopled by too many eccentrics. Gillespie, played to the limit by Barrymore, was enough for any show. But Dr. Carew, head of hospital administration, was a nut of the first order. Nurse Parker was a totally unbelievable old maid. Ted Osborne did what he could with Carew, and Virginia Gragg's fine talent was hopelessly lost in the chattering role of Parker. In the end, Ayres and Barrymore saved this series, providing some solid stories, especially when they ventured into the real world and got away from the dummies at Blair. Writing and directing were done on a freelance basis; music was by Walter Schumann. Actors contributing to Dr. Kildare included Stacy Harris, Isabel Jewell, Jay Novello, George Ellis, Paul Frees, Raymond Burr, and Jack Webb.

Information from "Tune In Yesterday The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio by John Dunning" and Roger Hohenbrink.
From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

Notes

OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHERS GROUP

This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website (www.otrr.org), Old Time Radio Researchers Facebook Group, and Old Time Radio Researchers Group.

It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available.

This is the Single Episodes Page. The Certified Set includes extras not found here. It is located at OTRR Certified Set. This Single Episodes page is provided in case you want to sample the shows. Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to archive.org naming requirements.

If you are interested in preserving Old Time Radio (OTR), you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Facebook and Groups.io.

Relax, listen, and enjoy!

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Addeddate: 2006-11-30 14:21:35

Boxid: OL100020404

External_metadata_update: 2019-04-11T11:47:42Z

Identifier: OTRR_Dr_Kildare_Singles

Year: 2006

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Reviewer: Jonnita Stubbs - - February 4, 2023
Subject: Volume

How do I fix the volume? It's so low I can't even hear it with headphones on. I love the show , but I have to be in a totally quiet environment to hear ...

Reviewer: BrendaC12 - - August 20, 2020
Subject: Great old time radio series!

I first fell in love with the Dr. Kildare/Gillespie film series so I knew I would love this! It may even be better! Lionel Barrymore and Lew Ayres had ...

Reviewer: diamondjim - - April 6, 2020
Subject: Correction

It should be Georgia Ellis, not George. She also played Miss Kitty in Gunsmoke.

Reviewer: baranger1 - - January 13, 2019
Subject: Love the show!

Barrymore is classic. Fun show to listen to.
A+++

Reviewer: starsplat - - May 23, 2018
Subject: Great OTR Shows are from the period they were made

The problems encountered by the writers about medicine, were about what they knew. Medicine changed every year as did the shows and intelligence of the ...

Reviewer: BigMike1967 - - March 4, 2018
Subject: Thanks for this great series!

I enjoy listening to thee episodes of Dr Kildare thanks for downloading them!

Reviewer: kristinmak - - December 28, 2015
Subject: files are fine- stories stupid

These files are just fine, with perfect audio, so no issues with files themselves
Shows are the corny type of subjects, that attempt to deal with the ...

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